Why, if God knows a person is going to reject him, does he not have them just disappear after death? Why torture them with fire forever and ever? This question was posed by a young adult to her mother, who turned to Patrick Madrid for advice. “’God so loved the world that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.’ His desire is for people to be happy and … God knows because he is outside of time he sees everything as it is now. We look forward to the future, we look back at the past,